“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Monday morning not-working from home

Monday morning not-working from home

Mondays are pretty awful at the best of times. They are even worse when you have to deal with public transport. And they are just MISERABLE when said public transport is shut down because rail workers are pissed about getting paid quite a lot more than the national...
Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK with a new episode! This one is all about the importance of debt forgiveness, from both a moral and economic perspective, as it is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for ensuring investment in genuinely...
The Mandrake Project

The Mandrake Project

This is the news fans of Bruce “The Dyslexic Voice of Dog” Dickinson’s solo work have been waiting, no joke, TWENTY YEARS to see. He will release his first solo album since Tyranny of Souls early next year, and will go on tour with his solo band as...
Friday T&A: Winter Blunderland Edition

Friday T&A: Winter Blunderland Edition

It is officially the first day of winter, and frankly, I’m already DONE with the season. The ONLY good thing about winter, is Christmas – and, when I lived in Australia (where, as we always say around here, EVERYTHING WANTS TO KILL YOU AND EAT YOUR EYES...
The Putin Plan for Banderastan

The Putin Plan for Banderastan

The news coming out of Banderastan gets worse by the day – at least, if you are Ukrainian. If you have the sense God gave a honey badger – and you have been reading “dissident” sites (like, say, this one) – then you have known for quite a...
Monday morning eggs over easy

Monday morning eggs over easy

Monday arrived way too damn fast. I was rather enjoying the weekend – I went skiing, and actually managed not to fall down even once, despite being 6 months out of practice; I had a burger, beer, and fries for the first time in… well, a VERY long time; I...
Sunday Scripture: Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

Sunday Scripture: Forgive the Sinner

5 Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by...
Friday T&A: Butterball Turkey Edition

Friday T&A: Butterball Turkey Edition

Doubtless my American friends are currently groaning their way out of the severe indigestion and food comas that inevitably follow a Thanksgiving feast. Having attended my share of such events during my time in the FUSA, I sympathise – though I never indulged to...
People in a fowl mood talking turkey

People in a fowl mood talking turkey

Today is National Overeating Day in the (Former) United States of America, the one day of the year when you can gather your whole family around and have a pitched battle – not over politics, religion, or vaccine status, but over who gets the turkey drumstick. It...